Euleptorhamphus velox Poey, 1868

Flying halfbeak

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Classification	Actinopterygii \| Beloniformes \| Hemiramphidae \| Hemiramphinae
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Common names	Agujeta voladora, Escribano de Golfo, Agujeta voladora, ... more

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AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

Main reference

Collette, B.B. and N.V. Parin. 1990. (Ref. 4497)
Other references | Biblio | Coordinator : Collette, Bruce B. | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 61.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26340); common length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217)

Environment

Pelagic-oceanic; marine

Climate / Range

Tropical

Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Gulf of Guinea and Nigeria. Western Atlantic: Rhode Island, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to the Antilles (Ref. 26340) and Brazil (Ref. 7251); including the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 4497). Record from Namibia may belong to Indo-Pacific species Euleptorhamphus viridis.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Occurs in coastal and oceanic waters (Ref. 2683).


IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 57073)	Threat to humans
Not Evaluated	Harmless

Human uses
Fisheries: commercial


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Estimation of some characteristics with mathematical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)

PD₅₀ = 0.7500

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)


Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)	Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100)	Not marketed/unknown

Entered by Froese, Rainer

Modified by Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen

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